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Two lesbians from Los Angeles who are marching across the state in their fight for equal rights will make a stop in Palo Alto this afternoon en route to the steps of the California Supreme Court in San Francisco to try to have Proposition 8 revoked.
Valerie Paget and Tracie Jones will be greeted at a 3 p.m. rally in Palo Alto led by the Raging Grannies, a feisty group of social justice activists, as they walk up El Camino Real toward San Francisco.
The Grannies plan to don holiday costumes and sing a mix of Christmas carols and songs calling for marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples.
“This is our moment to stand strong, to refuse to accept a California where discrimination is enshrined in our constitution,” reads a passage on the marchers’ website, http://Revoke8.blogspot.com . The site tracks their progress through the state.
The marchers will arrive on the steps of the state Supreme Court on Friday when the couple says they will deliver a petition to revoke Proposition 8 that has been signed by more than 300,000 people.
The proposition, approved by 52 percent of voters on Nov. 4, changed the California Constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman.
The women, who were married in Canada in April, began their 450-mile march in Los Angeles on Nov. 17.
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“Two lesbians from Los Angeles…” – this sounds like the beginning of a dirty joke. Odd word choice to start off a news story.
“Dirty Joke” – hurtful word choice. Thanks for helping me to remember my minority roots. You’ll see me on the picket lines.
I like jokes, I like dirty jokes and jokes about homosexuals, jokes make me laugh and forget about a monstrosity called Proposition 8.
Brussels – Belgium not a neighborhood?
Funny how marriage is still only open to heterosexuals in Brussels and Europe in general. But hey, hypocrisy is nothing new in Europe. Just like rendering of suspects with full European knowledge is not new there.
Reminds me of the old one hit wonder, “Sally from Syracuse…”
I just heard the honking of cars down ECR. You go girls!
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I’m glad Proposition 8 passed, and I hope that the Court does not overstep their designated role (of objectively interpreting the law) again, and further undermine the American political process.
Now, please demonstrate how the same-sex marriage movement is one of “love” and shower me with insults. Please try to refrain from overused (and false) slurs (i.e. “bigot”).
allowing any majority to vote on the rights of minorities undermines the american political process. so sayeth james madison, in federalist #51:
“It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part. Different interests necessarily exist in different classes of citizens. If a majority be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure.”